Bale-band tightener



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I G. G. MONTAGUE.

BALE BAND TIGHTENER.

Patented Jenn Z2 v .1 J." f F UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'OHARLES CARTER MONTAGUE, OF AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.

BALE-BAND TIGHTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,249, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed June 22, 1883. (No model.)

I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- V pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to bale-band tighteners and rebinders; and it consists in a lever having four hooks and one roller in connection with a chain, herein after more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of my invention, showing the lever A, the hooks, and roller. Fig. 2 shows the chain E around the end of a bale and the manner of applying the hooks. Fig. 3 shows the manner of taking the second hold of the chain.

My invention is described as follows: Itake a beam of strong seasoned wood, about three or four inches square, and from four to six-feet long. Commencing about two feet from one end, I draw the beam down for the handle B. 7

On the large end A, I secure a roller, F, extending the full width of the lever. This roller is journaled on a shaft, f, securely riveted in braces or arms f, one on either side of the lever, and secured thereto by rivets. This roller is to prevent the end'of the lever from catching in and tearing the covering of the bale. When the end of the lever strikes the bale, the roller turns on the shaft f and allows the lever to work freely. To the lower end of this lever I secure two hooks or claws, a a. These hooks are pivoted at their upper ends on either edge of the lever, between the extended ends 12 b of two strong iron plates, 0, which plates embrace the lever, one being on the upper and the other on the lower side of the lever, and are securely riveted thereto. About a foot or eighteen inches from the end A of the lever, and above the lower plates, 0, are plates D,-which also embrace the lever, one being on the upper and the other on the lower side of the same; but

these plates D may slide up and down and may be secured at any distance from the end by a pin, d, passing through the middle hole, 12, in the plates D, and througheither of the holes d in the lever; Between the ends of these plates D, and on either edge of the lever, is pivoted, at point d two other and largerhooks, b b. These plates D, and consequently the hooks b-b, may be moved up or down on the lever and secured ateither of the holes (1 thus shifting the fulcrum at will.

In operating my invention, I first put a strong link-chain, F around the bale, Fig. 2, at the point where the band has broken or become loose. In the lower end of the chain I insert short hook a. Then raising the handle B until it is almost perpendicular, I insert the long hook 1) into the highest link it will reach. This makes the fulcrum at plates D. Then I pull down on the lever until the handle B comes to the ground. Then, while the hooks are still fast, I insert long hook b into the lowest link it will reach and short hack a into the highest link it will reach, (see Fig. 3,) and as I raise the handle short hook a and long hook I) are released, and the fulcrum is, as before, at plates D. When the handle is again elevated, as in Fig. 2, I again insert long hook I) and short hook a into the chain, and pull down as before, and so on until the bale is sufficiently compressed. Then I tighten the band and move my chain to the next loose one.

Having thus described myinvention and the manner of operating it, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A lever, A,.having journaled on its lower end, between arms f, securely riveted,.one on the lower and the other on the upper side of said lever, roller-F, hooks a a, pivoted in the ends I) b of plates O, and hooks b b, pivoted in the ends of plates D, which plates embrace the lever, and capable of being secured at any one of the holes d in the lever by pin d, in

combination with link-chain E, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES CARTER MONTAGUE.

Witnesses:

'1. E. STANLEY, J W. HoUsE. 

